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Every Wizard and Witch in the world has to ask a GOBLET if they're allowed to get married!?! What’s this? Why would they ask a GOBLET, is that what you asked? Simple, it’s proper etiquette to ask your Mother for permission to get married.

He places the tip of his pencil back onto to thick sketchpad, watching its gray strokes outline the forest blocking the horizon, the sparse birches lining the lake, the Whomping Willow lying tranquil, the randomly placed stalks of long grass…then he looks to the sky. It is this that drew him outside on a late autumnal weekend. If anything surpasses the English lexicon, it is this. The sky.

What if Hermione met her perfect match? ... When Hermione begins working in the Department of Mysteries, she's surprised to find Blaise Zabini, one of the "good Slytherins" is there as well, and not only that, but that they have more in common than she ever could have imagined. She starts to fall for him, but is surprised when everyone around her thinks he's her perfect match. Will their love last? Or will Hermione realize that perfection doesn't equal love? Based on a plot bunny by Nesserz.

Burden: A right or priviledge to which a person is entitled by birth. Burden: That which is borne with difficulty or obligation. We all have them. It's what we do with them that ultimately defines us.

Severus Snape recalls previous memories, best left to rest. But who can blame him for his thoughts about Hermione, and her 'betrayal'? His actions, drastic, yes, but to him necessary. SNAPE/HERMI, somewhat. Sev is NOT dead, don't worry.

He wants to know who she is loyal to. But what happens if he doesn't like the answer?

Lily Evans always thought she understood her place in the magical world. She had her ambitions, her friends, her teachers, and the "Persistant Git" - James Potter. Life wasn't perfect, but it made sense. That was until everything changed. Now, Lily has to choose: the expectations of her past or the new, great expectations of the future?

A glimpse of the lives of Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin, and the years of friendship between them. Begins one year after the Marauders' graduation and ends just after OotP. (One-shot)

Ron and Hermione are getting married. Harry is the best man. But how can he be the best man for the job when all he can do is think about Hermione? Can Sirius and Ginny help Harry see that it's time to move on or will the marriage ultimately end their friendship?

"You want to know what the story of your life is, Padfoot? It's not failure. It's feeling sorry for yourself. It's believing that you're responsible for everything. It's making other people's lives all about you." A look at Sirius' life from the person who knew him best. (R/S slash.)

When Draco unexpectedly tells Hermione about his feelings for her, Hermione is forced to confront her own feelings and look past his slimy exterior. But is he really any different inside?

Something happened to Minerva McGonagall in her seventh year at Hogwarts to change her into the strict, no-nonsense professor she is now, and Headmaster Albus Dumbledore is finally going to find out what. AD/MM.

After a reflective summer, Harry relocates for training with the two unlikeliest of instructors to prepare for the final battle.

Finishing a crossword is a lot harder than it looks, and James finds that out the hard way.

It's Christmas. Remus gives Sirius a gift. Sirius gives Remus a gift. Remus objects. James laughs. Lily is impressed. Sirius doesn't know what all the fuss is about.

Harry Potter is in his 6th year of Hogwarts and is beginning to develop "feelings" for one of his close friends. He thinks that he is the only person who knows about these feelings, but he's wrong. His enemy knows, and Lord Voldemort realizes the easiest way to defeat your enemy is through his heart.

Ginny can't forget what they had, and before she moves on, she has to know if he remembers.

After over 15 years of hiding, Harry and Ginny return to Hogwarts with their family to teach. Hermione's POV

Ginny lives a blissfully insane life, dancing beneath the blossoms of cherry trees. But what of her sister in law, who daily becomes quieter, so much like a dying tree? The sequel to Cherries and Stones.

A look at one of Snape's worst memories that Harry saw, and we're not talking about the James one in the Pensieve.

It’s a cold winter day and Hermione’s plans to stay home reading are interrupted by an invitation to have lunch with Adrian Pucey.``Accepting the invitation simply to protect the poor owl from being sent back and forth in the cold, she thinks about Adrian and her feelings for the charming wizard, soon realizing that calling their meeting a date isn’t so bad after all.

In which Draco discovers that not only is he actually a girl, and not only is he Voldemort's daughter, but even worse, he is somewhat attracted to Harry Potter. Poor Draco. What's a boy, er, girl, to do? A parody of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Harry is starting his fifth year at Hogwarts, and things are immediately changing. Relationships are different than he ever expected, Voldemort is in power again, and there are some staff secrets that no one could have guessed.

This is just a brief vignette about Oliver later on in his life. It's a brief moment of realization, and not a particularly happy one at that.

"Sometimes, late at night, hed whisper a name. Not your name, of course, but you close your eyes and hold him tight and in that moment, in the dark, you can pretend that your life isn't the pathetic shambles it really is..."

With a visit from an old flame and explanations finally given, can Harry decide whether he’s strong enough to forgive? AU? Rated for language and reference to sexual situations. Slash.

This song fic takes place during the summer after book 5. Harry is stuck at Privet Drive, again. What thoughts keep him going? Perhaps those of a certain bushy haired girl? Song is property of the Pat Mcgee band, from the album "Shine."

Saying goodbye is the hardest thing she'll ever do. She's running and he can't chase her.

Phineas Nigellus was the least popular headmaster Hogwarts ever had, in the words of his great-great-grandson, Sirius Black. But why does he think this? How did Phineas gain his terrible reputation? What did his children and their friends think? All is explained in this thrilling, spine-tingling, chilling adventure…

Hogwarts presents Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with James Potter and Lily Evans as the leading roles. For the sake of the entire production, the two are forced to cope with their seemingly endless list of differences. Can they find the true spirit of romance in and out of the play, or will Hogwarts never see love between its own Romeo and Juliet?

When Hermione begins looking for a job, she is surprised to find more than just a paycheck on the other end. Romance and truths are established.

Snape's in love with McGonagall, McGonagall's in love with a student. Meanwhile, Draco is hatching crazy plots, his ultimate mean being attaining pleasure from Harry Potter. More love triangles than can be counted.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Draco and Pansy get together in the Room of Requirement to discuss fanfiction. Much insulting and snarkiness ensue, in addition to the discussion of a few major ships.

Simply, this is Harry/Draco fluff. Nothing bad happens in it, Draco eats grapefruit, they snog on the Quidditch pitch and a good time is had by all. If you are looking for angsty!Harry or goth!Draco then steer really, really clear.

In Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter is offered a momentary chance to live with Sirius Black, and he wonders what the reaction of Dursley's will be when they meet Sirius, and recognize him as the televised criminal. Of course, Harry loses that chance, snatched away by a twist of fate. But what if the circumstances had been different, and what would Sirius have done for work? This story explores that possibility.

Harry seems to have shunned his friends and kept to himself. With Dobby's help, maybe Harry can step back from the abyss and finally have something good come into his life.

My take on a missing scene from GoF: How exactly did Viktor ask Hermione to go to the Yule Ball with him? And why did she say yes?

When we were waiting for Book 5 to come out, we worried about whether Harry would get the Marauders' Map back. Then, we read Order of the Phoenix, and now we know that he got it back. But, we don't know how it was returned to him. This is one possible explanation.

Everyone's left Hogwarts, even Ginny, and having got over Harry, she's found someone else, but who? Ron and Hermione have forgotten their differences, Harry's forced to get over his past, and Sirius finds something new...

"I’ve had Blanky as long as I can remember. Sometimes I think that maybe my parents gave it to me." Harry Potter lives in a cupboard under the stairs.

Harry freaks out about his Potion's book and what it's doing to him. His conscience gets the better of him and he has to tell Hermione what he did to Ron, and then calm her down when she goes ballistic.

Four Seasons is a tale chronicling the ups and downs in a lifelong romance. Set in 1998, 7th year Draco Malfoy and 6th year Ginny Weasley cross paths in the summer festival of Beltane in Hogsmeade. Years later, they meet again. This time, things get more complicated as they struggle to sort out tangled emotions.

What really happened after the events Harry saw in Snape's Pensieve? How did Lily and James eventually end up together, whatever came of Remus and Sirius, and where did Peter go wrong? A story of an unexpected adventure with the Marauders, dragging Lily into the fray as they fend off grave dangers in this once in a lifetime journey - oh yeah, and snogging too! But what happens when a strange visitor appears with a message of warning for each of them, and how do they react? The final years at Hogwarts - Marauder style...

Harry's been having a very bad day all in hopes of surprising the woman he loves. Could her answer make all his bad luck worth while?

In which Hermione is infused ``with the Christmas Spirit, and Draco soaks some of it up. Includes silly songs, blushing, and serious library time.

Remus returns from a year in France to discover Sirius's hasty engagement to his pregnant girlfriend.

As well as being old, rather evil, and having a personal hygiene problem, the Dark Lord was also somewhat of a chauvinist, and he assumed that if women tried to take charge of the country, it would fail drastically because the women would spend all their time gossiping and shopping. His plan was doomed to fail from the start, though. He hadn't counted on Hermione ``Granger.

Problems for Draco cause Harry to open his eyes to love.

The Media never lies: agreed? I don't think so... Sometimes the lies published in the tabloids can seem so plausible; believable even; and these lies can then become convincingly like the truth if you are searching for someone to blame. Natural human responses will tell us this much as we have all blamed someone unfairly at some point in our lives. But what happens to the people on the receiving end of the false accusations? And what are the consequences when those affected are driven away by those who they once counted as friends? Sometimes, only when the physical pain is starting to fade do the deeper scars begin to reveal themselves. And some scars take a long time to heal.

Draco wakes up in a hotel room with a wet spot in the middle of the bed. As he discovers the events of the night before, strange things go through his mind. Draco tries to cope, while Harry and Ginny fight right next door. ``Songfic to 'Right Next Door (Because of Me)' by the Robert Cray Band. ``First fic in my Songfic Series.

While Harry, Ron and Hermione are trying to find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes, Draco finds a new friend - and love at the Death Eaters' Camp. At the end the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters face each other in a final battle.

Slightly-AU. Draco peels away the layers, scrubs away impurities, numbers and circles making him clean. "There's something to be said for having perfect form." Slightly slashy undertones.

For speaking out of turn against her, Professor Umbridge gives Lee Jordan one hell of a detention stretch. But when the twins leave Hogwarts behind, and him with it, he gets a chance to strike back. Oneshot.

Something happens with Dudley that is most unexpected, something is revealed about the residents of Privet Drive, Harry saves himself and the Dursleys from a certain unmentionable wizard and his followers.

The night before her last Christmas at Hogwarts, Hermione's thoughts lead her to an unexpected conclusion. Very fluffy.

Set in the summer following Harry's sixth year. The Trio set out to find the Horcruxes, while at the same time Harry struggles with his inner demons. H/Hr.

Why is Cornelius Fudge in the Leaky Cauldron, on the night Harry blows up his aunt? What is he thinking, as he looks out on drab grey Muggle London and looks back on his drab grey Magical career? When will there be any news: of Harry, of the aunt, of the fugitive Black whose escape does the Ministerial reputation no good at all?

Poor, poor Belladonna has quite a few problems. Her mother is THE Devil-Lady, her father can't stand up for himself, Grandma Dot is losing it, somebody stole her necklace, her brother Jason is being moody, her twin - Nicky - is keeping a secret, Lily and James need a good push, her best friend left her, Margery Butter is still a mystery, everybody thinks she is crazy, she is hearing voices, Remus keeps getting glued to her, she keeps walking into Sirius and Mr Ted, her teddy, lost an eyebrow. Bella doesn't need THAT along with NEWTS, finding a job and keeping her head. Oh, and her therapist is sleeping with the cleaner. Marauder Era. AU-ish.

"Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge." 1 Ruth 16

After a rather strange meeting in the holidays, Hermione and Draco spend the time till school restarts together and get to know each other. But can the friendship resist the Hogwarts' clichés and gossips or will they forget about the summer they had when they go back to school and go back to their normal lives? Hermione never liked having secrets, but can she ever tell her friends about what happened? And there's one thing Draco and Hermione had no time to talk about before going back to school: Was it a friendship or a relationship they had and may still have? And should they keep in touch, there are still so many obstacles. Draco/Hermione, Hermione/Seamus, Harry/Ginny, Harry/Cho, Ron/Lavender.

In which Hermione receives a shock, Harry and Draco play different and more interesting games than was previously thought, and Detention with the Potions Professor is a different sort of torture...

Spoilers for DH. An alternate ending to Snape's story line, picking up where DH left off. Short one-shot.

It's James' and Lily's wedding day. Sirius, Remus and Peter aren't being very helpful (least of all Sirius!), and Lily's dad will never fail to embarrass.

Harry Potter's daughter is sorted into Slytherin!

And she’s back! Ginny is very out of character again, of course, but I’ve added a bit of Harry, Ron and Hermione to make it more Hogwartsy and her new friends feature as well. No Draco, I’m afraid, but there is a little romance. If you haven’t already, I suggest you read The Many Faces of Ginny Weasley before going any further with this story; it will make it all a lot clearer.

How can a man's words from eight decades ago affect the course of a young girl's life? From the tragic past of 1901 China, this is a story of curses and gifts, of love and guilt, of destiny and will.````A girl's heart is weeping, and this is the story beneath.

The problem with Muggle transportation is that it gives you too much time to think. (Ginny travels to Little Whinging, post-HBP)

"Harry could tell they had rehearsed this conversation..." --Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter Eleven

Our lives are made up of memories and hopes. How much can we remember? What is true and what isn't? Risk is just part of the job... But just add love and fear and you are drowning... What are you drowning in? In yourself...

Of Pensieves and books and boys and girls.

Harry leaves notes for Sev on his homework. "I just want you to know who I am." -- Iris. Preslash, written pre-OoTP

#4 in the WarSong Series -- Harry considers the war so far, the darkness that has swallowed him, and the curse that seems to surround his love.

Pansy enlists Cho's help to exact revenge on Harry and Draco after she finds out about their secret relationship. The trouble is, they're flat out of ideas.

The trauma of war finally catches up with Severus Snape. Who can help him?

In the aftermath of Cedric Diggory's death, Harry is afloat in a sea of self-doubt and grief. But one night his escapism goes too far, and he is discovered by the most unlikely of allies. By firelight and silence, one of the strangest friendships in Hogwarts is born. *Eventual Argus/Harry Slash* Now, don't get squicked by the rare pairing--it's built up slowly and carefully. Featuring Contemplative!Harry and ManOfFewWords!Filch.

It's here, seventh year has finally arrived for our favourite trio. What new surprises will arrive for our friends at Hogwarts this year?

TRANSLATION. PreHBP. Harry Potter, The Boy-Who-Lived, the Boy expected to be the Savior of the Wizarding World, is now Filldeserp, Voldemort’s Heir and his right-hand man. All hopes of finishing this heartless war are on Neville Longbottom’s shoulders. Will he be able to defeat Voldemort and his protégé? Not Slash.

A short Nymphadora Tonks / Remus Lupin songfic to "I Love You...Too" by Tokyo Rose. Rated PG-13 to be safe.

A thrilling Oliver Wood romance between him and the main character, Scarlet.

Hermione has not been in a good mood lately. Valentine's Day is approaching and Hermione is not happy... until she gets a Valentine's card. A Valentine's card written in plural, not signed. And what's up with Harry and Ron? H/R/Hr.

Draco has always played with the Dark Arts. Now that they have become a reality, the question is not whether he can break free, but whether he wants to.

Albus Severus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy are both starting their first year at Hogwarts. Follow them as they start new friendships and deal with new rumours and old prejudices.

Ernie Macmillan has never participated in a one-night stand but a drunk mistake pulls him into one woman's twisted emotional rollercoaster of a life. While entangled with Millicent Bulstrode, Ernie finds out that love does come... eventually.

"He was quickly ushered into the house, where all his friends and family were waiting for him. It was July 31st, 2005, and as such, was his twenty-fifth birthday. Mrs. Weasley had insisted in giving Harry a proper celebration, as the war had only ended a few months ago and there had been no time to celebrate before." Harry/Draco

Based on Nikki Cleary's song, "The Game". Ginny and her friends are always competing. What happens when they decide to see who can get Draco to kiss them first?

H/D slash, sequel to "With You". Draco, spoiled Malfoy that he is, wants something otherwise deemed IMPOSSIBLE TO GET. That is... Harry! How he does``this is less than morally right. Here he finally learns how he and Harry just``can't work out. Rather angsty.

A witch from a long line of proud purebloods is sorted into Gryffindor upon her arrival at Hogwarts, but is removed by her strict father after only a week, who would rather school her himself than allow a member of his family to stay in Hogwarts in such a formidable house. She manages to escape in the summer of her forth year, but the trouble is far from over - aside from being at war with the school's troublemakers every time she turns around, Katalina Gaunt's nights are plagued by terrible dreams and frequent visits from the mysterious and secretive right-hand of a dark wizard, who is willing to go to any lengths to get what this "Dark Lord" requires, even (or especially, in his case) murder.

A James and Lily story. I'll take you through the ups and downs of their years in Hogwarts.

I've done it! I'm revolutionizing Schnoogle! It's a songfic...but it's in Riddikulus! Intrigued yet? Darn. Read it anyway so you can say that you are part of the revolution! Viva la revolucion! Anyway...we know James and Sirius are up to something. Just not what it is. Want to know? Too bad. Mind your own business.

Draco is his father's son: he is expected only to obey, and to live the life his father has set out for him. But later, he is forced to make a decision: will he continue to live out his father's plans, or risk everything to find the freedom he seeks?

James Potter is still in pursuit of Lily Evans’ heart in high hopes, but he is rather confused by her words from their previous year. His best friend, Sirius, isn’t helping either as he constantly messes up James’s chances. What’s a sixteen years old wizard to do? [L/J.]

The war against evil has been waged and won but, the price was great many were lost. What happens when Hermione unknowingly meets the person who sacrificed his life in order to save hers?

She came to him because she knew he understood. Sirius/Ginny, OOTP.

Ron's reaction to Hermione as she frets over a letter she's writing to Krum. This is a companion piece to Dear Viktor, written from Ron's point of view.

"You'll find out. Now listen carefully. The War has not begun, but our spies tell us that Potter is under heavy surveilance 24-7. So, what we are doing is you will go to Hogwarts, an orphan, since mother and father will be dead. Alright, and we have used magic to make that Mudblood Granger, who is one of Potter's best friends, think that you are a distant cousin, and that is what everyone else thinks, due to more magic." Selene Malicia's parents are Death Eaters. When a great plan to finally kill Harry Potter is put into place, she is forced into it. Forbidden not to defy any part of The Plan, she does so anyway, and meets Draco Malfoy, someone she will never forget.

She could feel someone behind her, staring at her with earnest. Of course! It must be a joke, it has all been a joke, just some lesson that they planned out for her, not real. He wasn’t truly gone.

They came from different worlds; different families, and they could never be together. But somehow, when put side by side, she realized that she had found what had been missing. They had been missing… each other. Together, they were perfect.

Short dabble. The Sorcerer's Stone told from Draco's point of view.

Sydny is in direct relation to the Weasley Clan. But she is unlike them in many ways. because of a loss, she needs to find her true self. She finds it in unlikely places. Rated R for later chapters and language.